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Science in the bedroom: a history of sex research
Abstract
From the first serious sex study ever undertaken (in France in 1830 with a group of prostitutes) to the latterday work of Masters and Johnson, this book traces the history of more than a century of sex research. Bullough addresses the difficulties and controversies in an area of research that has never been allowed to fully control its own agenda. Using examples, he describes the forces that have impinged serious research, from free love hippies and religious zealots to governments trying to support stands on public morality.
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Metadata
- Venue
- Choice Reviews Online
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 1994-11-01
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 03
- Pages
- 32-1831-32-1831
- ISSN
- 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-8253
- OpenAlex
- W2328142024
- Cited by
- 176
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 42 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 11
- Type
- book review
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Choice Reviews Online (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › General Psychology › Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › History of Science and Medicine
- Keywords
- history of sex research, sexuality, sexology, Masters and Johnson, prostitution, public morality, free love
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